Dog Star
Western Thunderer
My Son, Peter, has become useful with Templot and so the colliery extension to Scruft's Junction has been "Templotted" and refined - several times - so we now have thirty sheets of A4 to cover the new baseboards (three boards each being 4' x 2'). Now we have to think through the task of converting a plan (as a stack of paper) to a formation ready for laying track... and I do not feel comfortable with previous experiences.
For the last layout that we have built (Weeping Angels Yard for Adrian Marks) we stuck the Templot plan to the raw board surface with ready-mixed wallpaper paste - a recommendation from Richard Carr (@richard carr) - a similar layer was stuck to the underside of the baseboard to provide a "balance" in case the paper / glue combination introduced a tendency to warp the ply. The use of paste gave a good bond between the plan and the ply and there was no warping of the board. Adrian did not want us to use foam underlay and so there was no deadening of the sound from the passage of trains - sound deadening is a feature that I wish to include in the current build.
Previous to "WAY" we built a layout where we were asked to use a foam underlay and because of the track complexity the Templot track plan was stuck onto the foam... using spray carpet adhesive. Whilst the grip between plan and insulation was good initially the bond began to fail after about nine months and that meant that there was minimal hold between the track and the formation.
So how do WTers transfer the details of a Templot plan to foam insulation?
thank you and regards, Graham
For the last layout that we have built (Weeping Angels Yard for Adrian Marks) we stuck the Templot plan to the raw board surface with ready-mixed wallpaper paste - a recommendation from Richard Carr (@richard carr) - a similar layer was stuck to the underside of the baseboard to provide a "balance" in case the paper / glue combination introduced a tendency to warp the ply. The use of paste gave a good bond between the plan and the ply and there was no warping of the board. Adrian did not want us to use foam underlay and so there was no deadening of the sound from the passage of trains - sound deadening is a feature that I wish to include in the current build.
Previous to "WAY" we built a layout where we were asked to use a foam underlay and because of the track complexity the Templot track plan was stuck onto the foam... using spray carpet adhesive. Whilst the grip between plan and insulation was good initially the bond began to fail after about nine months and that meant that there was minimal hold between the track and the formation.
So how do WTers transfer the details of a Templot plan to foam insulation?
thank you and regards, Graham
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